Creative Business Cup 2016
FEW Women’s Start-Up Club encourages budding and current entrepreneurs in the FEW Community to enter the Creative Business Cup.
Got a creative idea for a business? This is your chance to pitch it!
Open to any entrepreneur in any of the creative industries, such as design, advertising, music, art and crafts, radio & TV, leisure activities, and/or product industrial design. If you have a creative innovative idea that is suitable and scalable as a start-up to take part in the 2016 CBC (affiliated with GEW, The (annual) Entrepreneur Awards in Japan and Entrepreneur Mentoring Initiative Japan) we want to meet you!
Ten successful applicants will be invited to pitch their ideas on November 1, 2016 to a jury of distinguished global professionals and entrepreneurs at the Australian Embassy in Japan. An awards ceremony will follow hosted by Australian Ambassador Bruce Miller in his official Residence.
What is the Creative Business Cup?
The Creative Business Cup (CBC) is the Japanese chapter of the global world championship for entrepreneurs in the creative business space (spanning 55 countries). It aims to promote innovation among budding creative entrepreneurs by providing mentoring, networking opportunities, and support structures.
Successful applicants will be invited to the Australian Embassy for a pitching session before the CBC award ceremony and networking event in the evening. Finalists will receive mentoring and support from sponsors and industry professionals to help hone their presentation skills and business plans, and winners will have the chance to win some great prizes too.
For the first time, CBC platinum sponsor Scan-Shipping will send the national winner (with up to three team mates) to Denmark for pitch training, networking opportunities and participation in the international finals. The trip also includes dinner with foreign ambassadors and a chance to meet VC’s and Angels from all over the world!
The CBC Japan event will be held on November 1, 2016. The application deadline is midnight October 15th. Selected finalists will be invited to join an optional workshop to improve their pitching skills prior to the event on November 1.
What are the Prizes?
All finalists will be recognized at the CBC awards night on November first at the Australian Embassy.
The CBC winner will be sponsored to attend the International Creative Business Cup boot camp and final in Copenhagen, Denmark from November 17-21st – If you apply – you must be prepared to travel by November 16th!!
The top female entrepreneur will be awarded a laptop courtesy of DELL. Other awards and benefits include:
- An $12,000 value cloud computing package from IBM
- An assigned Mentor to help grow your business
- All finalists will automatically qualify for the Entrepreneur Mentoring Initiative finals
- and will be invited to pitch again in the spring of 2017 for EMI. Invitations to all related events will be included.
- On-going networking and mentoring opportunities provided by our sponsors through to the EMI and will be recognized at the Entrepreneur Awards Japan Ceremony for 2016/17 to be hosted by the Australian Ambassador in November 2017.
Who hosts the CBC in Japan?
Given the CBC is a world-wide organization, every country has its own national host, which facilitates and organizes the competition. The Japanese National Host is 5ive-Planets ISH which is an environmental not-for-profit. 5ive-Planets is the first, and only, Japanese National Host, since the first CBC in 2014. 5ive-Planets ISH has been the recipient of two Tomodachi grants, as well as other government and corporate funding. Since it was established in 2011, the 5ive-Planet’s mission has been to support entrepreneurship and innovation, for a more sustainable future.
Eligibility
Any entrepreneur engaged in product industrial design with creative innovative ideas that are suitable and scalable as a start-up. Candidates are eligible if they are Japanese nationals, residing in Japan or are permanent residents of Japan (of any nationality) residing long-term in Japan.
Please note that although teams can enter, and win a trip to Denmark, a maximum of 3 people per team can present their pitches at the Australian Embassy.
Download Creative Business Cup 2016 Application Form (PDF)
Click HERE for full details on The Creative Business Cup